Personal Sharing — So Many Good Things!

Scripture: The Lord is compassionate and gracious to me; He is slow to anger and abounds in love towards me! Psalm 103:8

Thoughts/questions: Wow!!! What a great verse!!! These are truly areas in which our memory verse definitely applies – May I never forget the good things God does for me!

Compassionate – God gifts us by sympathizing with us! We all have limits to our compassion – once someone crosses the line we have drawn in the sand, our sympathy ends and we either quit feeling anything towards them or judgment and negativity reigns. God does not act as we do! He IS compassionate!

Gracious – God could be compassionate but not kind about it – ‘OK, I sympathize with those humans, but don’t expect me to treat them nicely’ – but no, He is gracious, kind, and polite towards us, and treats us with the respect we don’t deserve! He IS gracious!

Slow to anger – In our relationship with God, we often act like a child who knows better, but still misbehaves. No matter how compassionate and gracious God is, He has to find many of my behaviors irritating – His response; slow to anger. My response to that; Thank You Lord!!! He IS slow to anger!

Abounds in love – Not only is God love, He abounds in it!!! And what a wonderful thing to abound in!!! If I were to choose which characteristic of God He should abound in, it would be love!!! He abounds in love!!!

Are we compassionate? gracious? slow to anger? abounding in love? Commit to demonstrating these characteristics every day!!!

Suggested prayer: Lord God, thank You for being compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love! Help me to do the same . . .